Cosmetic Bonding

• Cosmetic Bonding

One upper front tooth had darkened noticeably against its neighbors, and uneven spacing between the front teeth drew the eye straight to it. The patient wanted the discoloration handled without cutting the tooth down for a crown.

Tooth-colored composite was bonded directly to the tooth and shaped by hand, masking the darkness and closing the spacing at the same time. No drilling of healthy enamel, and the whole case was finished in one appointment.

• Cosmetic Bonding

Years of wear had flattened and shortened the upper front teeth, leaving the edges uneven and the smile line slightly ragged — the kind of change that happens so gradually most patients only notice it in photographs.

Composite was added back to the worn edges and contoured to restore length and proportion. The smile line runs evenly again, and because bonding is additive, none of the underlying tooth was removed to do it.

• Cosmetic Bonding

Open spaces between the lower front teeth showed as dark triangles at the gumline, and a small gap had opened between the two upper front teeth. The spaces, rather than the teeth themselves, were what drew the eye.

Tooth-colored composite was bonded to the sides of the lower front teeth and the upper centrals, widening each just enough to close the spaces. No teeth were moved and no healthy enamel was cut away — the gaps were filled by adding material, not removing it.